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V 4✓`Gyy. /12 dez, ✓ ~,,...` - -i f'-: . *I 4 ont MIRY CONTRACTg. COMMIMARIAT DEPARTMZItr, TREASURY CitAMBZII. OcT. 26, - 1826. NOTICE is hereby , given to all Persons desirous of contracting to supply the following Articles for the Use `of the Army, viz. : BREAD, to his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quar ters, and Barracks, in the undermentioned Counties, Cumberland Monmouth Dorset Norfolk Laneastet Warwick BEEF and. MUTTON, to his itlajesty's Land Forces in Canton ' :mute, Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties and Islands : Chester Cornwall Durham Lancaster Northumberland (including the Town of Berwick on Tweed) Guernsey Jersey, and Alderney OATS, to his 'Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Canton ments and Quarters, in the under-mentioned County, Cumberland. FORAGE, viz. Oats, Hay, and Straw, to his Majesty's Cavalry and' Artillery Horses in Barracks, and Oats in Canton ments and Quarters, in the undermentioned Counties : Devon • Surrey Hants Warwick Norfolk That the deliveries are to commence on and for the 2.5 th day of December next ; that proposals in writing, sealed up and marked " Tender for Army Supplies," will be received at this Office on or before the 28th day of November; but none will be received afttir twelve o'clock on that day. Proposals must be made separately for each County, except for the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney, all of which - must he included in one Tender; arid each Proposal must, have the Letter which is annexed to the Tender properly filled up, by two Persons of knowti Property engaging to become bound with the Party tendering in the Amount stated in the painted Particulars, for the due Performance of the Contract; and no Proposal will be noticed unless made on a pEoted Tender, and the Prices ex pressed in 'Worry at Length ; and should it so happen that during the continuance of the Contract no Troops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the amount. of the Stamps on the Contract and Bond, paid in the first Instance by the Contractor, shall be refunded to him,. Particulars of the Contracts May be had upon application at th ese Chambers between the hours of Ten and Four, and of the aerreek Masters iu the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey. 141 . 1 3. ---Samples of the Bread and Meal may be seen at this Office between the hours of Twelve and Two. VICTUALLING OFFICE, Os:Toluca 23, 18213. - HE Commissioners for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, do hereby give notice, that on FRIDAY, the 10th, November next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed, up), and treat for the Supply, (on separate Co n t rac t s ,) of all such quantities of Sea Provisions, including RUM, 41 :may be demanded for the use of His Majesty's Ships teti Vessels, at Greenock, Liverpool, and Leith, Leith cads, and the Firth of Edinburgh, from the Ist. of tialluary to the 31st of December, 1827, inclusive : and also for the supply, during the same period (on separate Contracts) of all such quantities of Fresh Beef as may be demanded for the use of his Majesty's ships and vessels at the undermentioned places, viz. Chath am Cork anti Ki nsale Downs Liverpool Londonderry and Loughawelly Milford Haven Newcastle and Tinmouth Haven Newhaven Plymouth St. Mary's, Scilly . Sunderland, and Sheernee% FalaiOnth Gal way Greenock Criterusey and Jersey I(i Natoten and Dublin Leith, Leith Roads, and the I lrth of Edinburgh The conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this °thee, or bq aPplying, for those of the Sea Provision Contracts to the Col 'Mots of the Customs at Greenock, Liverpool, or Leith, and for those of the Fresh Beef, to the Agents for the Victualling, at Ply rft°llo3, and Cerk ;to the Storekeepers at Sheerness at Deal, „ to the Collectors of Customs at each of the other places respec tively. Each Tender, which must specify the price in words at length, 41 'd be delivered before one'o clock on the day appointed, mnatalso rtecompanied by a letter, signed by 2 responsible persons, engaging beentue hound With the party tenderingfor the Fresh Beef contracts, It P lymouth, Chatham, and Sheerness, in the penal sum of 1,5001. etch ; and for the Fresh Beef, or .Bea Provisions, at each of the "4 rin the penal sum of 5001. each, for the d ue perform .espective contracts. 44 likewise required that the Person who makes the Tender, or some Nei on on his behalf, should attend here at the time ap pointed as aforesaid, to answer When called for. • M. WALLER CLIFTON. UNIVER SITY of LONDON. —At a GENE -6 MEETING of PROPRIETORS, held at the and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, on Monday, the 90th October`, 1826 ; • The Right Hon. Lord AUCKLAND in the Chair ; 4 a import from the Council of the' present State of the ' Pe of the Institution. .That the Report of the Council, as now read, be -.1:L, 1 ' 1 , confirmed, and entered on the minutes of this meeting. this meeting (loth hereby recognise and sanction the ac of 200 supplemental shares, as already subscribed, for the 17apletion of the capital of 150,000/. ; such . shares' to' be re ecivedb! the direct Subscriptions that may from time to time be iion lut until such sha res h e re pl ace d, the capital of the Institu, , i° be hunted to 150 0001 That the Co unc il be hereby. anthorized awl requested to Pro etuting the groun d to be excavated for the gtadual erec „:4 such buildings, as suggested in the report. trin;:tat the Report of the Council be printed, and a copy thereof tri,,,..rnitted to each pfttprietor, and that the proceedings of this 7, hst `Pig he duly advertieed. the thayks of the meeting be given to the Council, for jet7.2.Judicious and unwearied labours in forwarding the great oh °f the Institution. her et the th an k s of the meet i ng are particularly due, and arc i,;; l 4 Y 4 /liven, to Wm. Tooke, Esq., f or th e a bl e and zealous aidTh the the Coun c il by hi s gra t u i tous pro f ess ional exertione• fort,: the thanks o f th e mee ti ng b e g i ven to t h e R ev . D r . Cox, co-opeiation with the Council. for‘Zthe th anks if the meeting be given to the Noble Chair 1° or hie kind assistdrice th . • is day, and for his constant ef. elf of the Institution By order of the Council, 7 , • (Signed) THOS. COATES, Clerk. SU r s i) , leal's-ino, 31 st October, 1826. e riptlons for shares are received by Messrs. Smith, Payne, t,,, r 1 : 1 1 - 111 1. I, nubsr.l-atreet, th e b an k ers ; and lkir• Coates, 7, 11 11 a p inno , Cierk the Institution. A. .GLE . and COLONIAL LIFE and Regent.street, , • Atablished 1807), Cornhill, I)raiteroa.i. Sir WILLIAM RAWLINS, ch • gir JOBN PERRING, Bart. and Pad Jjo.h3n. ilita:‘,vitardslitrio,untt,YEaagehaii• Chairman. awrnan. Samuel Birds, Esq. Ald. C hristopher Fryer, Dig. ' Esq. T homas Greenaway, Ea+ Peter 6kipp er , w elter A. I' eaeoc k, E sq . Richard WI 'r e 1 , ii Ave% ~q . 141 tHamin Rankin, Esq. Ed war d Wi lliam 'Winch's ,E s i t , 411ALkortin DixacTos,.—Williiun Beethem, Eaq. F.S.A. V.I.'S. l'ilvatclas—John Spurgin, M.D. Guildford.oreet, SuaczoN—James Saner., Esq. Finsbury -square. The Di rectors h ave caused new Table to be calcul ate d, in "tith the values of Male and Female Life are, for the fast time, 4 At ti nettisbed. required for the Assurance of 100/. to he re- ceired on the Death of a Ailed. Seven Yean A Whnle Life. Seven Years. A llhole Life. 1 „ £. s. d. X. s. d. .C. s. d. X. c d. Q 1 6 3 2 2 11 1 5 . 0 115 1 in — 112 2 2 910 I S 0 2 3 2 50 117 6 Y 4 4 113 9 15 0 212 3 412 4 117 3 315 0 ' 4 7 I * l 618 2 3 '7 0 514 7 n, A l lu rances on the Lives of Invalids are granted, i n a ll canes no . atslr affectin the duration of life. p er C i 44a ial, Indi a g , and Maritime Assurances may b e mu l e f or any p ud, or or the whole term of life. ,i kai °or-fifth e of the whole Profits of the Establishment are picio divided among the assured, whether abroad or at home. ' ' l O Ein e or Fee for Non-appearance or Entrance. ai;Medical o%cer attends daily at the Office in Cornbill, at two `.leic,lefore whom Parties proposing Assurances may appear, 111 teapeefin g health being conducted solely by Medical fr o a ° most of the common obstacles to Assurance removed al - t he d erails of the Office. lIENRY P. SMITH, Actuary. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 18:21i. This Day was published, in one volume, post Bvo. price 9s. 6i. THE YOUNG RIFLEMAN'S COMRADE ; a Narrative of his Military Adventures, Imprisonment, and Shipwreck. Edited by the celebrated Goethe. Also, in post Fivo. price 9s. 6d. A Second Edition of the ADVENTURES of a YOUNG RI FLEMAN. By Himself. Printed for Henry Colhurn, 8, New Burlington-street, (re moved from Condnit-street.) This Day was published, in three volumes, post Bvo. priceSls. 6d. THE TOR HILL. By the Author of " Brain ' bletye House." " Oh ! what was love made for, if 'tis not the same , Thro' joy and thro' torments, thro' glory and sbanw I know not, I ask tot, if guilt's in that heart ; I but know that I love thee, whatever thou ni t ! THOMAS MOOSE. Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street, (re moved from Conduit-street.) DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO HIS MAJESTY. In a few Days, will be published, in two volumes, Svo. with a .fine Portrait, engraved by Turner, from a Pictut•e by Sir Thos. Lawrence. Price 28s. MEMOIRS of the LIFE of Mrs. SIDDONS. • By JAMES BOADEN, Esq. Interipersed with Anecdotes of Authors and Actors, and in tended as a Companion to the Author's Life of her Brother,' Mr. Kemble. Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street, (re.. moved from Conduit-street.) This day was published, in two vols. Bvo, with a fine portrait, price 28s. RECOLLECTIONS of the LIFE of JOHN O'KEEFFE, (the celebrated Comic Dramatist), written by himself; and 'comprising numerous very curious and original An ecdotes of distinguished persons in England and Ireland, front the year 1755 to the present time. Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street, (re moved from Conduit-street.) FUROPEAN LIFE INSURANCE and AN NUTTY OPFICE, 10, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London.—This Company is formed on principles combining, every degree of security with advantages superior to any pre viously offered to the Public. It consists of a number of Pro prietors, who are required to assure on their own lives or on those of approved nominees, sums proportionate to their respec. tive shares, on every transfer 'of which a new insurance is re quired to be effected.., This system, by the perpetual renovation of policies, secures the stability and growing prosperity of the Company, and is productive of great benefit to the assured, who participate in the profits arising from this regulation, without,be ing responsible for the e ngagemen t s o f t h e C ompany , which ire secured by a large subscribed capital. In the year 1819, when the European Company was formed, the Directors caused rates of insurance to be calculated from the amalgamated life tables of all Europe, which produced results lower than the rates of any Company then established, and which will still be found lower than any of the tables of Companies more recently formed, which admit the insured to a participation in the profits : and this difference is so considerable as to be in the na ture of an annual bonus to the assured. The affairs of the Company are managed by a Board of Twelve Directors, which sit every 'Wednesday throughout the year, at the Company's Office, No. /0, Chathain-place, Blackfriars. . Prospectuses may be had at the Office, or of any of the Pro. prietors. THE COURT LEFT ATTEMPTED TO BE REVIVED BY Mc "HUNT. The Court-Leet, or view of frankpledge, which is a court of record, is held once in the year, and not oftener, within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet, being the King's court, granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Its original intent was to view the frankpledges, that is the freemen within the liberty, who, (we may remem ber), according to the institution of the great Alfred, were all mutually pledges fox the good behaviour of, each other. Besules this, the preservation of the peace, and the chastisement of divers minute offences against the public good, are the objects both of the court-leet and the sheriff's-tourn, which have exactly the same jurisdiction, one b e i ng a l arger s p ec i es o f the other, extending over more territory, but not over more causes. All freeholders within the precinct are obliged to attend them, and all persons connnorent therein ; which commorency consists in usually lying there, a regulation which owes it original to the laws of King Canute. But persons under twelve mid above sixty years old, p eers , c l erg y men , w o men, and the King's tenants in ancient demesne, are excused from attendance there ; all others being bound to ap pear upon the jury, if required, and make their due presentments. It was also anciently the custom to summon all the King's subjects, as they respectively grew to years of discretion and strength, to come to the court-leet, and there take the oath of allegiance to the King. The other general business of the leet and tourn, was to present by jury all crimes whatso ever that happened within their jurisdiction ; and not only to present, but also to punish, all trivial misde meanors, as all trivial debts were recoverable in the court baron and county-court ; justice in these minuter mat ters of both kinds being brought home to the doors of every man by our ancient constitution. The objects of their jurisdiction are therefore unavoidably very numer ous, being such, as in some degree, either less or more, affect the public weal, or good governance of the district in which they arise ; from common nuisances, and other material offences against the King's peace and public trade, down to eaves dropping, waif's, and irregularities in public commons. But both the tourn and the leet have been for a long, time in a declining way, a cir cumstance owing, in part, to the discharge granted by the Statute of Marlbridge, 52 Henry 111. c. 10, to all prelates, peers, and clergymen, from their attendance upon these courts, which - ocausioned,them to grow into disrepute ; and hence iris, that their business bath for the most part gradually devolved upon the Quarter Seissions, which it is particularly directed to do in some cases by Statute, 1 Edw. IV. e. 2. 'Such is the' description given in the Commentaries of Mr. Justke Blackstone, of the jurisdiction of the Sheriff's Tourn Leet, _or view, or . trankpledge. The jurisdiction which Mr. Hunt, as Lord of the Maxtor of Glastonbury, is now endeavouring to revive, is a jurisdiction carved out of that of the Sheriff of the county within which he exercises his powers, which are, indeed, similar to those of the Sheriff in his tonna, arid 'when they exist in a Lord of a Manor, the au thority of a Sheriff is so far superseded. It is quite impossible, in the barrow limits, of a newspaper, to go into all the minute duties of the Court Leet, which were, indeed, as numerous as the duties of our modern Justices of the Peace, and very nearly similar to them in all respecti. It will be seen by the perusal of the above extract, that police regula tions were the object of the inquiries of the Leet ; and when we consider the constitution of the Court, and the nature of the numberless . petty offences re ferred to it, we must at once perceive how admirably calculated it was to suppress these petty irregularities and disorders, and how free it must have been from bias ar undue influence, inasmuch as the residents within the Leet were alternately the judges and the judged. Whilst, however, passing this high eulogy upon this Court, we must remember that some of the chapters of the celebrated Magna Charts were spe cially directed against the tyrannies of this Court, so impossible is it to guard human institutions, however wise, from abuse or malversion. The inquiries of this Court of Police originally extended to felonies ; but many ancient statutes have indirectly deprived it of this power, and left it only a uthority in cases of misdemeanours, in refwce, to persons of bad fame, . breaches _ of the peace, weights and measures, the assize of bread and ale when :it existed, excessive prices, or adulterated provisions, haunters of alehouses, travellers by night, vagrants, barretors, persons receiv ing poor men into. their parishes, usurers, eaves-drop pers, and common scolds; and how the officers of the legit performed their duties. For each of these offences, in all their variety of shapes, the Court feet was em powered to inflict a fine, unlimited in amount then, but now subject to sound discretion, the. Bill of Rights ' having expressly declared that excessive fines ought to be taken, and the several sums of 21. for a contempt, Si. for refusing to be constable, and 401. for refusin g to impannel a Jury, have been judicially d ec l are d not to. be excessive. Besides this jurisdiction, which ex ists at Common law, several ancient statut es haVe spe cially •devolved upon the COurt Leet the task of see ing their provisions duly observed; as the statute ofl4 andls, H. VIII. e.lO, directed against persons tracing hares in the snow ; the 241 - 1: VIII. c. 10, for the de struction of crows and rooki ; the 82 H. VIII, c. 13, against commoners putting scabbed or infected animals on the common ; the 33 11. VIII. c. 9. against gaming in public-hOu ses ; the 33 H. c. I'7. for steeping flax in a common pond ; and several others for the repair of highways ; conspiracies to raise the price ofproviinons, • and very ma lt y others up to the ti me o f E l i zabeth. , While speaking of the jurisdiction of the Court Leet, there is one point of law which it behoves Mi. Hunt,' or his Steward, to baWare of, -viz. that no felony what-' ever is now enquirable by the Lett ; and, moreover,' whenever any new felony is created, express words are necessary to . ' found the authority, of the Leet to in quire into it. - The instruments of correction -are the tumbrel, we modern s tatute (56 Geo. 3, c .. 138) h a s. pillory, sto c ks, cuck-stoles for th e sco ld s , an d fine. A should say, aliotisheo the pillory ' in every unwisely, eas e except for 'perjury, and established fine and imprisonment instead. The, . officers of thii Court arc iby no - means numerous, viz. the, steward whom the Lord. is bnimd to provide, an d ought - to . preside hiMself ; and *l-fa is ai judge of record, a bailiff, a reeve, the ale conner, constable, and petit constable. To these latter officers, every persiin the lest, is eligible, except Aldermen of. London, attartilde mid barristers, mem bers of Parliament and , their servants, tiffhthecaries in London, and surgeons. How far the country has been tetieflted by the institution of Justices of the Peace to perform the &Ales Which, in ancient times, were assigned to the Court Led may be a question ; and not the lets so, that it has been found necessary for the protection of justices, to infringe some of the broadest and soundest principles of the common law, and throw around them a shield, which effectually preserves them from all responsibility in the exercise of their offices, save in cases Of the clearest malice. That something like respect is due to them far the gra tuitous fulfilment of the arduous duties of a justice of the peace, is not to be denied ; we feel that in these days the point has been stretched much beyond its bearing, end the effect has been naturally enough to create petty tyrants, and so to bring the whole body into.great discredit. Whether Mr. 1-hunt Will succeed in the attempt he is now making, is extremely ques tionable, because the time of men in the situation of those from whom the lest juries will be taken, is far too valuable and necessary to their very existence, to allow of their being abstracted from their daily avoca tions, without the same being attended with great loss. Mr. Hunt, in his anxiety to be useful, has betrayed a certain degree of ignorance of the nature, constitu tion, and province of the court lest. He seems to consider that, he has authority, in his character of Lord of the Manor of Glastonbury, to determine debts and controversies under the value of 40 shillings; but that is a jurisdiction perfectly foreign from a CouYt Leet, and over which it has no sort of controul. It is by no means intended to aver that such a power does not reside in the puissant person who claims it, but only that the right to hold a Court Leet does not necessarily include a right to decide in matters purely civil, and he has as yet shown nothing which any way supports the authority he claims to exercise in these matters ; for trivial debts are recoverable 'in the Court Baron and county court as trivial misdemeanors and the like are cognizable in the Court Leet. We trust, however, that whatever result may attend his attempt to hold a Court Baron, he will still persist in the re vival of the Court Leet ; and we hope every success may attend, his praiseworthy and laudable endeavours on tine point ; for should he be successful we are not without hopes that the Sheriff's town may be re vived in every colunty in England, and the same matters again referred to this ancient and most excel lent Court, which, in the days Of our forefathers, were decided and considered therein. We are quite con vinced that such revival would be for the benefit of the community, and very greatly relieve the Quarter Sessions and the Assizes, by disposing of some of those cases' ofitiisdemeanour, and breaches of the peace, which occupy at present so large a portion of the time of these respective courts. Moreover, the immediate application of the stocks, or the infliction of a low fine, in trivial cases, would be attended with far better consequences, both to the culprit and the public, than immuring his person within the walls of a prison, in conjunction with sonic of the vilest of men, with all the chance of contamination in mind and body. Justice is proportionably effectual as she is speedy; for men are more ready to own the equity of a sentence following quickly on the perpetration of th e o ff ence , than if the same sentence were postponed ; for it then reaches•them under mitigated feelings. It must, hew ever, be remarked, that the Court Leet is better calcu lated for countries *here life ca n be sustained at far less cost than at present is the case in England; for, as before observed, where a man's most strenuous exer tions are necessary to enable him to support himself end family, he cannot give that time to fulfil political duties, which he feels it is essential should be profit ably employed, in order to his existence. In fact, such a court is a court of unbounded utility amongst a community, almost every member of which, is an owner of land to a greater or less extent ; but where that land is vested in a few persons, and large farms are the order of the day, it is obvious a grea t part o f the very foundation of the court is cut away, and with it departs also a large portion of its utility. We are far from holding the Spencean system, but hide it as you may, it is beyond all con troversy true, that the subdivision of the land compos ing; a state amongst its members to the greatest pos sible extent, consistent with a certain limit, is the soundest and best policy; a policy, indeed, not only dictated by wisdom, but supported by Divine autho rity, and practised under divine injunction with the Most beneficial results in the best and 'proudest &era of the greatest nation this world ever saw—the Jews, who, indeed, were then more than the sand of the sea, or the stars of Heaven for, multitude. By the Jewish law, all the land sold by one to another, returned every seventh year to the original vender or his heir at law. ; I :1 , 4 7 . 177 . Ti , ; ,,, - ,.;:,' . \ i ' ,.. i 1, 0 ;1 :. . , I,t:k. -, b. , \,: 1 , 1 - 44: ".'" .y. ' 3 : l t ' ;'l ''' QUARTERt.I%. '' t• th'' ' .'i inf. 4 ,„„,,.„,.,..„.,,,.,,,,i., The appearance of thfii , - LpeDnilical rivals, the Edinburgh and 4 7 44 eVildius, never fails to excite a stirring sensation in the political and literary world. Both are the declared organs of a party, both divide the suffrages of England, almost indeed of Europe, and both are characterised by the intolerance —in some respect the necessary consequence of sin cerity—with which they treat dissenters from their opinions. The intolerance, however, of' the one is contracted : of the other, enlarged in its nature ; one is unconstitutional and liberal, the other ortho . dox, matter of ' fact, and aristocratic ; one levels, th e other upholds institutions ; :one possesses th e va cillating vivacity of the Frenchman, with all his glittering but e'ekl hearted genius ; the other, the staid dignity of the Englishman, his hatred of ' innovation, his uncomprismg integrity, his sincere but prejudiced piety, and abort all his enthusiasm Tor the fine oW established governnient of his which it appeared ; times when a fearful revolutionary e fo o r u , n a t n r y d . c ' e r rt r a h i 6 nl E y di e n as 6 t tirj in h t n isse er m ie nt u ild wa e s if in th p e art tivi c e a s lle in d tempest was abroad s and the ark of lbs constitution, tossed to and fro on the waters of anarchy, had scarcer ly a hope lef of escaping ship-wreck. Tile minds of men in those stirring days were turned to fent one object---innovation ;. it was the one paramount idol which they worshipped ; whether as evinced in liSe rature, morals, politics, or religion. No wonder then that. a review taking up this juggling pass-word. as its motto—and appealing to all the tumultuous passions of the heart, its love of change, its instinctive thirst for (what is so often falsely called) independent thinking, shisuld obtain immediate notoriety ; more especially when recom mantled by wit, infinite i in its extent and power of application ) showy specious reasoning, abun dant learning ; all mixed up felicitotisly together, while the Charms or style gave spirit and con sistency to the whole. But the times which called for She ~ fever and the such stimulants are now gone 1):7 ; li fret " of politics have subsided ; 4:ld of the Whigs, that once powerful and popular party, ttle remains but a 'name, 4 ' stat magni noininis unti;:ra." With the decay of Whiggism - bas decayed also tl u Rubliee tions founded on, and upheld by its principlsts, and hence the Edinburgh Review, an oracle for nearly twenty years, has since sunk into the twilight of its reputation. The. Quarterly, on the contrary, setting out with a firm resolve to support all that was venerable and excellent in theory or practice, has been annually increas ing in influence, and by supporting Toryism through out, has lived to witness the triumph of its principles and the fulfilment of its sagacious predictions. Mr. Giffoid, indeed (its late editor) bad all the requisites for such a task. With but little Warmth of feeling, and still less of that mercurial restlessness which loves to speculate on the future, more according to its own wishes and fancies, than agreeably to the dictates of common sense ; he possesses an Acute cynical knows ledge of human nature ; an extensive acquaintance with ancient and modern , literature, and above all, an experience, melancholy, indeed, . but valuable, with authorship. He knew, besides, instinctively as it were, what would best suit the town, and accordingly his Quarterly Review, however at times unamishla and inexcusable in its criticisms, was never once found deficient in an information, suited to all rsrties and cons veyed occasionally in so piquant, scurrilous a manner, as to glut the most excited appetite. Even the bigotry of its prejudices, when compared with those of its rival, wore a character of sincerity and good-will; for what . - ever the generality may think, there is no bigotry so into. lerant as the bigotry of scepticism, whether in morals, polities, or religion. From the period, however, of Mr. Gifford's retirement, his Review had been gradually declining, assisted materially in its retrograde movements by the twaddle of Southey and the in sipidity of Coleridge jun., until the accession of Mr. Lockhart as its Editor ; when, as if by magic, it put forth all its pristine energy which, at every successive publication, it has kept up with increased vigour. ' The present number, in particular, deserves our warmest commendation, whether we look to the variety of its knowledge, or the skilfulness with which it is applied. The opening paper on the Cathedral Antiquitiee s pros fessing to be a review of Mr. Britton's us e ful t rea ti se , but being in reality an amusing biography— r or. sketch of Salisbury and its Bishops ; sets out in • the lively desultory mariner with which Sir W. Scott would treat such a topic. The subject itself is dull—at least to the generality who turn from antiquarianism as they would from the tread-mill, with disgust ;—and no slight skill therefore must have been used to render it palatable. The biography of Mr. Britton perhaps might have been spared; but in every other respect the article is adroitly manufactured, especially in its passing allusions to Bishop Jewell, a name which though at present comparatively unknown, is yet one of the brightest ornaments of our hierarchy. The ss reviewis' sufficiently t of‘SuW ieeided int t e Scott's i velista tone; it argue "w hichf s ol ; low point with Sir W. as to the utility derived frOm pe rusing works of fiction, and though professing to deny eth truth of the B a r one t' s s tat ement , t h a t nov els are in jurious, seems only to beg the question, or at least y its feeble support to leave the subject where it found it, on debateeble ground. Now, on a point of s ( u o c f l he i t m io p n o , r rf of ce i t i o t;th a ing na l i s o e n T2th h e en : le :di adir are ig Journal readeTs i o n f g E b u e ro tw p t e: srihgldanudndwaroubntged:lyikehamveabfoonruieite,sd coffin bstertownegenophienaivoeni: and in stead eartioif. leaivninegvetrhyeotsiulebrjercetspoesecitlltaities article is good, and possesses one striking remark, w r convinces every one of i ts readiness original,e adbiesswh which b e a d m i ts i t ; namely,, th a t H o r a ce though tHy th e orace would have made an admirable familiar novelist. In the analysis of the subject of the Northern Dis coverie s, detailed in Voyages" the Reviewer ' already has chosen a subject worn out s all that can be known of consequence on "Parry's and Weddell's been abundantl y has ,oy n! agesree already the cov ro en rin 'et Captain Parry, and hence the publication on which the present article is founded, as well as the article itself, are superfluous. The review of " Philippe Auusle'" an Epic Po em , b y j e .A, Pereira), is distinguis hed by the c a u s ti c sever i ty to wikb we have before alluded as eminently characteristii of the Quarterly. How f ar the eritiscim is j d ust , we cann ot pretend t o sa y , ha v ing i ne ver intending to read one line of abomination , Anti from the times of eed the noted Rolland, down to t h e present (both inclusive), we qu es ti on ft has had Dramatists in abundance, but who is there w ri e the t r FiatiCe has produced a dozen genuine p oe t s . that can lay claim to the wane inspiration as our Burns 9r Byron. All imitative poetry is of necessity contemptible ; and French Literatur e h as ever b een trammelled by Aristotle and the Classics; Mr. Lock. hart, therefore, has merely done it justice. (To be continued.) , ,r,"!1 4,4 47,,‘,.-',... , 'N' ~ „ A- , ..... Ad. -) ' g , , * 4 0 ~ ii C). I. - r: ,- * ( , .P• s ‘ ; 4' ' ' ' S . : C. : ''-i'' k'N. --,-,...v ~./. . # ~,...4., .i, 04 .,, ~,,: , . , ..., ~.„ . . 4. 0 . t• V" ..; • t , s. - 414 , , ... • , r. '' '4 'll ..... - evwv, ',ft*, ~ • 0 Li „...t.". . ) ,:. .....- ~2 . , .,i ., v ., 4 .11011921,1 EDINBURGH AND LONDON STEAM PACKETS. THE JAMES WATT starts from BLACK WALL, LONDON, for NEWHAVEN, EDINBURGH, tni SATURDAY EVENING, the 4th November, for the •last time this Season. Goods for all parts of Scotland received here until Four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and forwarded with the greatest regu larity and dispatch. Information respecting the Packets to be obtained at the Ge neral Packet Office, 358, Strand, but &sea can only be secured at this office. A. MITCHELL. London and Edinburgh Steam Packet Ofice, 35, Leadenhall-street. ELECTION OF .AN ALDERMAN FOR VINTRY WARD. The Loan MATO% yesterday proceeded in state to Cutlers' Hall, to hold a Wardmote of the Wild of Vintry, for the elec tion of an Alderman In the room of the late Mr. Alderman MaffnaP _ _ The Loan MAYOR, with all tha insignia of office, having taken he Chair, Mr. Dicxxx rose and proposed Mr. Sheriff Winchester as a fit and proper person to fill the office. Mr. Klux seconded the nomination. An Inhabitant then proposed Mr. Thomas Crook, one of the Common Council of the Ward, as a proper person to fill the situation. Another Inhabitant was about to propose Mr. Edw. Wild, but it being stated that the speaker was not a freeman, The Rev. Isaac Him, stepped forward and said, that although it might be considered improper in him as a Minister to inter fere ou occasions like the preeent, still he could not help step ping forward to propose Mr. Wild. Hs had known Mr. Wild nearly all his life. In fact, he was his schoolmXster. When a boy he was remarkable for talent, and as he grew up to be a man he continued to improve. He was an excellent husband end kind father., The office of Alderman wu, he considered, an import ant one for the inhabitants of the Ward, and their Alderman ought to be looked upon u man and wife, for there were many little things which the inhabitants had to communicate to their Alderman that could not be made public, but in which it was his duty to correct them when they went wrong, and to direct them to go right, and who was so proper to be elected to such an office as an inhabitant of the Ward, to whom they could have access on a ll occas ions, which was the case with Mr. Wild. On the other hand, Mr. Sheriff Winchester was a tbtal stranger to the Wards. he, therefore, proposed Mr. Edward Archer Wild as a fit person to fill the office, being convinced that he was a man of character, talent, fortune, and integrity. Mr. Aeurai seconded the nomination. The Lous Mayon then put.the names of several of the condi dates, and declared the show of hands to be in favour of Mr.' heriff Winchester. A poll was then demanded by Messrs. Crook and Wild. Mr. sh er iff WINCH/STIR, in returning thanks, regretted that he was not so well acquainted with the inhabitanteef the ward se . he could have wished; but he assured them that if elected to the °Mee, be would hayed residence within the ward, where he would at all times be at their service. Mr. Wltn felt much for the result of this election ; for Mr. BWheri: h fWineltester had expresslY declared , when h e c ame forward , : that he would not persist in his inteutio u, if an y res p ectable inha bit*" of the wards h shou ld o ffer to accept the office; now he (Mr. Wild) h ad come forward ;he was an on 1111 was i n habitant; and therefore if rejected; it would be in fact saying that he was not a r.. o *Pectebl e " ha la l • • o f No, no.") Mr. CROOK said utant..—(Cnee indepe ndent , of e i t h er o f that he stood forward the other candid t than fifty years. place of hishirth ; he had resided helm it w as. the ' . 1 . Ile had an attachentfor tinheitwnoward,mbaer; Sheriff Windiest: r . ii" garding the precise M r. Will, a Mr. Phipps, and ot her s, . se e polling then commenced, which there was a deal o f of Mr. Sheriff Winchester's prorm very long 4".attr ' "' discussion then ensued betren M a r , and the poll was then adjou until this day. t rertion and counter-assertion. each,lll rtied candidates severally polled one nA GUINEA,. D EARLY EARN ED The parish-clerk of Winkleigh has a salary of one Guinea per annum, for winding up the church clock daily ; and it has been calculated, that to earn this sum he has to travel 102 miles, ascend and descend 29,000 steps, and bawl up 18 tons weight 8,600 yards. OLD BAILEY, Nov. 2. The following prisoners were sentenced to transportation for the undtmetttioned tome _ ---- Foa 7 i,;;::}tichard Poynter, Ellen Tenant, alias Foley, alias Margaret Welsh, James Pitt, William Russell, and Wm. King. Fon FOURTEEN Ya4aa---Thornns► Frampton, George Joll, Ca. therine Sullivan, Mary Wilson, Frederick Justice. Latham, Mary . D ay , m iry o rego ey, Elizabeth Brown, and Frances Patrick. FOR SEVEN YKARS—Sarah Morris, William Rush, Henry Graham, Lewis Merry Webley, Charles Cornwall, John Doyle,. William Wilsan;bavid Thomas, Thomas Broom, John Lock,:atios N H v i i l l i i , ia i , zb L t l l l i n Ne vi al a e t , so l u to , b \ el i t ll S ia m tr i t tli N t orto Jos n ep t h he W v il u m n. o ger tt, , C E haLlo ar tte d Malby, Robert Jones, Thomas* Drew, Maria Benjamin, Daniel Smith , Noble T F h ran nl c as is W Tr r i i gg ght, l ( V i i e ll o i Te Brewer, H o b e rt. Squires, James Day, William Smith, Thomas H arr i son , Joseph Smith, l J u a t m ild es a aham Spradbur -, ETSgilliike'lmes'reassWb " S il h el el rru l g s e , Bj , ill l o a ni nl nes : :l u a l i sl e o s p M , ill".tenjryoliDnun:totin,d,ii•E'Rciojwbaaineridelt Farrell, Thomas Jones, Robert Jones, Samuel Makepeace, Thomas Mann, Thomas Miller, Richard Ifeylau, John Saunders, Sarah NVood man, John Richards, Benjamin Fuller, Bridget Overton, Jos e ph Pearson, Charles Robinson, George Pearson William Quaint*, Eizabeth Smith, Elizabeth Thornton, M ar y Ann Lewis, FJiza . Weston, John Saunders, Abr Maria Coutts, Mary Davis, John Smith, William Powell, Richa Y d Edwards, John Harris, alias %lime, Mantis Edwards, J 1 1'1 Morris, Christopher Gudgeon, Richard Jackson, Edw ar d J o s we r i; s : 11 :1 1‘1 :l i t i r c i lac al l u P rr e t t tt e t r , r4 N P Vi il l i l l i a il i 1%1 0 : t i t' , le ,l Y o h W n . 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